ALBANY, N.Y. -- The key numbers from Albany, as you may have seen by now, were these: The Nets had 24 turnovers, yielded 13-for-31 from 3, and missed 15 foul shots (41-for-56).

And the uh-oh stat of the day: The Knicks four forwards (omitting Jordan Hill here; he played some five) outscored the Nets’ four forwards by a 74-36 margin, and that’s with Bobby Simmons going 5-for-6 from downtown.

Bright spots: When they played through Brook Lopez (19 points in 22 minutes), they had no trouble getting what they needed, as he overwhelmed Lee and Darko in the first half, and welcomed the freedom of single coverage on almost every touch.

Coach’s quotage:

“Disappointed defensively, disappointed how we closed the second quarter, how we began the third quarter, and once we cut it to 91-86, disappointed with the turnovers and blown assignments defensively," L-Frank said. "Obviously New York with all their shooting and scoring is very hard to play. One of our objectives is getting to the free throw line, we were able to do that, but their free throw line defense was very good."

That was a quip. This was not:

“This is a litle bit of a litmus test for where we are defensively. Our three-point field goal defense is obviously a problem and it starts with our inability to contain that first dribble; it puts a burden on everyone else. We’ll continue to work on it and find the guys who can get it done.”